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02-19-2014, 12:29 AM | #133 |
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Thanks for sharing.
I've been on pilot super sports almost since they came out. My ZHP is no M235i, or M3, or M5/M6, but damn I love those tires. They have saved my @$$ more than once. Friends call me a "tire snob" but I don't care, tires are SO important!
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02-19-2014, 01:34 AM | #134 |
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check the price of MPA that is at the port...600 plus labor for the mc mirror caps
300 plus for kidney..and 600 for the steel pedals...forget that..I got more options loaded on the car....i got almost all the options possible...and I mean ALL...and my price out the door will be 48.300....got to love my deal...and yes I ain't going to Europe for an ED...you can keep that headache..but enjoy if you are... |
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02-19-2014, 01:38 AM | #135 |
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totally agree about the tires..that are on the vehicle....minus no runflat
these more expensive..wear out faster...get more flats..and don't hug that street like the M that are standard on this car.... and after my three year lease is up...I am going to buy the M2..which will be out there for sure...God I luv BMW...hope the M2 can do 0-6 in 3.9..so I can take out those Stingrays...buy the way the Chevy dealers are asking 10 thousand over sticker for the Stingrays..they can keep it in my humble opinion |
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I thought they didn't work if the lights were in the "auto" (all the way to the left) or with the parking lights on... Might be wrong about that, but it is what I seem to remember.
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The thing I am most interested to see is what 19' wheels will fit on this car, with the stock offsets taken into account. It would be nice to get some wider tires on the car, especially in the back.
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02-19-2014, 08:14 AM | #141 |
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Great review. Nice to see one of us out there giving some real world feedback
I do have a question about the automatic in manual mode: If you are in manual/paddle shift mode in 2nd (any gear really) at 1500 RPM and floor the throttle does it automatically down shift or will it pull through the RPM's?? In other words is it TRUELY manual mode?? I ask because a friends 335i Msport automatic which shifts great, would always down shift even in manual mode. I have a stick shift and sometimes just don't want to down shift so i let the car pull through the low RPM's till it builds up. I am trying to decide to go automatic or stay stick shift. Thanks
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02-19-2014, 08:54 AM | #143 |
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Thanks, hoping that it has followed into the M235i too
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02-19-2014, 09:40 AM | #145 |
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You can even fit M Performance 20's on an M135i.
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Its not the up shift it was down shifting on its own when in manual/paddle mode. Maybe he wasn't in the right mode for it to be fully manual (you tell it and it does it).
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02-19-2014, 10:46 AM | #149 |
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As long as you are in the sport + (I think Sport as well) the gears won't change unless you specifically tell it to. The only instance that I could remember where it will change on it's own is if you cruise 8th gear and come to a stop without changing gears. It will reset to first gear or whatever gear it highest without stalling.
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02-19-2014, 11:07 AM | #152 |
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This would be nice if it holds true on the M235i. This may be my first ever automatic.
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02-19-2014, 11:36 AM | #153 |
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If I remember correctly, it's as described above. if you're in manual mode in sport or sport+ you have-full control on both up shifts and down shifts. it will bounce off the rev limiter so you don't get automatic up shifts (that caught me by surprise) and also it doesn't automatically downshift even though you're pushing the throttle all the way down and you can actually feel the little button below the throttle pedal being depressed.
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